The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN Is 'On Hold' Indefinitely

The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN, a multiplayer sequel to the early episodic VR horror hit, is “on maintain indefinitely.”

Initially introduced almost 4 years in the past, The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN – which stands for Security In Numbers – supposed to ship a survival horror sequel with each on-line co-op and single-player assist. Nonetheless, a brand new assertion from writer Enjoyable Prepare’s CEO, Douglas Nabors, confirms it has been placed on maintain as a result of premium titles “carry an excessive amount of business threat on this local weather.”

Pointing at VR shifting “quickly” in direction of informal and free-to-play video games, Nabors states it may’t ship this at a “financially affordable stage” with out making important compromises to the sport. Enjoyable Prepare would not rule out resuming improvement on SIN sooner or later, however that will not be shifting ahead proper now.

You may learn extra of this assertion beneath.

This isn’t straightforward to share, however we’ve determined to place SIN on maintain indefinitely. VR is shifting quickly towards informal and free-to-play video games, and proper now large, premium titles carry an excessive amount of business threat on this local weather. We’ve already poured loads into SIN, however we are able to’t ship it at financially affordable stage with out making important compromises—and we’d relatively pause than launch one thing that doesn’t reside as much as our imaginative and prescient and your expectations.

We might resume SIN sooner or later if the timing is true or if we discover one other partnership, however for now it won’t be shifting ahead.

First introduced with a late 2022 launch window, The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN was in improvement with Pocket Cash Video games (Twilight Zone VR) as an alternative of Legion’s authentic group, Wolf & Wooden. Past sporadic updates within the writer’s Discord server, the final main information we might heard on the sequel’s improvement was again in late 2022, when SIN was delayed into the second half of 2023.

Nonetheless, Nabors states The Exorcist: Legion VR will proceed receiving updates, and final 12 months noticed the older horror title get a Quest 3 improve and a brand new epilogue. Extra headsets will obtain ports “as they turn into accessible,” and it just lately launched a Meta Horizon Worlds expertise primarily based on the sport.